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A doctors surgery in north Manchester is expanding the services it offers to patients following a major extension and refurbishment scheme. The project has seen The Avenue Medical Centre on Victoria Avenue, Blackley, double in size.

Travis Perkins own brand 4TRADE has stepped in to save Christmas for Droylsden gran Marie Ashworth. Marie, 69, was devastated last month when she woke in the middle of the night to find water gushing through her front door and into her living room.

Calling all Manchester Liverpool self-builders and developers Structural defects insurance specialist CRL is looking for the most extraordinary people and their construction achievements to take part in an inspiring new web series.

Manchester-based Harbur Construction has strengthened its senior team with a new appointment and a promotion. Harbur, which builds for some of the UK s largest social housing providers, has appointed Andrew Moore as commercial manager and promoted Carolyn Forshaw to finance director.

The project is intended to help those in crisis to keep warm during the winter months with homelessness in the UK an increasing problem each year, the number of rough sleepers is now more than double that in 2010, which can be almost 4,000 people across the country on any one night.

SES Engineering Services, which has a major regional HQ on Southmoor Road in Wythenshawe, has been selected as a finalist in the Specialist Contractor of the Year and BIM Excellence categories of the 2016 Construction News Awards, making the shortlist from among a record number of entrants.

Wigan-based packaging manufacturer and supplier Belmont Packaging, also the home of Boxed Up, is setting the standard for women looking to join the industry with a female-led, fresh and energetic workforce.

A doctors surgery in north Manchester is expanding the services it offers to patients following a major extension and refurbishment scheme.The project has seen The Avenue Medical Centre on Victoria Avenue, Blackley, double in size

The announcement marks a further milestone for the expanding North Walesbased construction company, which is currently extending operations into new sectors, including hotels.The 73bedroom Travelodge with car park will form part of the 25m Rhyl Waterfront regeneration scheme

Caulmert has been appointed by Sycamore Planning Ltd.The proposed combined heat and power CHP facility will process waste wood, which would have otherwise gone to landfill, into electricity. Also on the 1.7 hectare site will be a waste water treatment plant

With just over 7 of UK housing providing the basic accessibility features required for the elderly or people with a disability, the countrys accessible housing deficit is expected to reach a crisis point over the next few years

Lynemouth Power Station is asking local residents to adhere to heightened safety warnings and not trespass on railway lines coming in and out of the plant as preparations get underway to reopen the train line and start biomass electricity production at the site

The firm, which opened its most advanced paint factory to date in Ashington, Northumberland last September, has scooped two highly soughtafter industry awards in recognition of its commitment to environmental processes

Having been enlisted as the Independent Connections Provider ICP by SNF, high voltage specialist Smith Brothers will be responsible for the 66kV load connection of the 21MVA site to the Northern Powergrid NPg

The 100m facility, the largest single investment ever made by the paints and coatings business, was officially opened in September 2017 and is the centre of production for Dulux, the worlds most popular paint brand

Traders and consultants across a number of industries in the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester are invited to learn more about the wide array of opportunities available to work with Vivark at the companys first Meet the Contractor event of the year

Organised by Hull amp Humber Chamber of Commerce, the annual awards ceremony recognises and celebrates business excellence in the East Yorkshire and Humberside regions. This years winners were announced at an official ceremony held on Friday 16th February

NM Group North Midland Construction Plc has secured a place on two major highways frameworks in the North of England set to facilitate multimillion pound infrastructure projects across Greater Manchester and Yorkshire over the next four years

Neighbours Karen 36 and Megan 27 never predicted that they would become such great friends after moving into their adjoining semidetached, threebed Ellesmere homes, at Countrysides Heyfields Walkden development, over the same weekend

A 4m refurbishment of a flagship student hall of residence at the University of Manchester has been completed.The twoyear scheme to upgrade Houldsworth Hall was handled by construction project management company

Manchesterbased environmental contractor, Japanese Knotweed Solutions Limited JKSL, is celebrating fifteen years in business. The company has grown significantly over the past five years, increasing its turnover from 1.2m to 3